White Taycans crash more!

[Alan B]

Yes, not the color itself. My title is misleading. White is generally a safer color. My hypothesis here is that of buyers of RWD Taycans, people who buy a white RWD Taycan are three times more likely to have been in an accident (present company excepted of course). It’s not that white isn’t safe, it’s the drivers who choose white RWD.

Oh phew. I feel a bit better, but now concerned I may have a split personality. I'll ask myself and report back.

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[hifi239]

How much more or less likely to be in an accident are other colors in your stats?

See original post. Out of 135 2022 and 2023 RWD cars 1 silver and 1 blue, but 8 whites. I thought that was interesting. Probably not enough sample size for a meaningful answer for the other colors, but white? That’s an outlier.

 

[whitex]

See original post. Out of 135 2022 and 2023 RWD cars 1 silver and 1 blue, but 8 whites. I thought that was interesting. Probably not enough sample size for a meaningful answer for the other colors, but white? That’s an outlier.

I saw, what is missing from that post is how many cars of what color total (i.e. color distribution of the whole set, not just accident distribution).

 

[hifi239]

I saw, what is missing from that post is how many cars of what color total (i.e. color distribution of the whole set, not just accident distribution).

I only needed to count the total white for my calc of white vs other colors, but OK you are making me work. It isn’t easy because Taycans have many non standard colors. But roughly:
White 35
Blue 28
Black 23
Red/Burgundy 8
Silver/gray 13
Green 3
Misc 25

 

[MrJones02]

 

[RAHRCR]

I was on Autotrader in the US and I noticed a trend. To confirm, I searched RWD 2022 and 2023 Taycans nationwide. In this pool, 10 out of 135 for sale have an accident history and 35 out of the 135 are white.

Of the accident cars,
1 is silver
1 is blue
8 are white

By Bayes Rule, if you drive a 2022 or 2023 RWD that is white, you have a 23% chance of getting in an accident. This versus the 10/135 = 7% chance for all 2022 and 2023 RWD cars. Several of the white RWDs are in Florida - a retirement state. My wife says white is the color for retired old men. Silver isn't far behind.

Recommend checking in with your wife’s boyfriend as to what he drives. May provide insight on how best to stay out of trouble.

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